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LAW 681D

How Can You Represent Those People?

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[ Academia ] Criminal Law: White Collar Crime

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[ Academia ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Criminal Jurisprudence : Whatever your career orientation in the criminal justice system – as a prosecutor, defense attorney or policy advocate -- you will have to examine the reasons justifying a vigorous defense of the accused. This course considers the range of justifications for representing people accused of crime.

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Description:

This discussion group will consider why a lawyer might devote herself or himself to representing people accused of crime. We will explore a range of possible answers, from guaranteeing procedural fairness to appreciating the factual indeterminacy inherent in our world to fighting racial or class-based injustice. Course materials will likely include fiction (such as Atonement by Ian McEwan); nonfiction essays; as well as a couple of recent films (Bernie and The House I Live In). Lisa Douglass, lecturer and staff attorney in the Stanford Community Law Clinic, will help lead the discussions.